UT Alum Laura Dunn and Her New Doc on Wendell Berry

After Green and The Unforeseen, it’s time to Look & See

"...For filmmaker Laura Dunn, the joy of making documentaries is in their..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Don't Drink the Water

While pursuing her masters in film at UT, Laura Dunn spent every semester break in Louisiana making Green, a documentary about the toxic 100-mile stretch along the Mississippi River known as Cancer Alley. The film screens at the Alamo Drafthouse this Sunday.

"...Filmmaker Laura Dunn loved Erin Brockovich. She cried during the movie...."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Art Interrupted

Laura Dunn's The Seer is an anti-screens screen

"...well-documented problem with screens. The subject of local filmmaker Laura Dunn's latest feature documentary, The Seer, wrote about his..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Before the Flood

In the struggle between local environmentalists and developers, Laura Dunn's documentary reminds us, Barton Springs was only the beginning

"...Local filmmaker Laura Dunn (Green) charts Bradley's rise and fall as part..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Gold for Green

Laura Dunn's environmental doc wins UT award

"...Recently, Austin filmmaker Laura Dunn stepped into the fray with her excellent documentary..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: The Way We Were

In Austin's politics of nostalgia, the truth is a frequent casualty

"...As it happened, Shade had recently seen The Unforeseen, Laura Dunn's documentary about the 1990s fight over development, Barton..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Film News

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grant winners, plus The Unforeseen, Bella, and 'Chickenfüt'

"...in prison. The next biggest award was $15,000 to Laura Harrison of Houston for Ant, a documentary about the..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Short Cuts

Landmark Theatres makes some changes, Laura Dunn wins gold (or silver, or bronze), Alison Macor teaches film theory, and the Cinemaker Co-op visits otherwordly places.

"...two issues back we mentioned that UT film student Laura Dunn had her documentary Green -- a depiction of..."

June 1, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Harold Simmons' political contributions could get him a West Texas Waste Dump & Austin environmentalists rally around the documentary film Green.

"...home to more than 150 petrochemical plants. Directed by Laura Dunn and recently shown at the South by Southwest..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...West's revenge western In a Valley of Violence. And Laura Dunn will premiere her new doc The Seer, which..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Parker; S: Charles Randolph; with Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Macon Blair Wins Sundance 2017

Grand Jury prize-winner tops the list of locals done good – and bad – at Park City

"...• Austin-based director Laura Dunn was back at Sundance with her Wendell Berry..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Austin Films Bite Into Sundance

The Unforeseen, Teeth, and Joshua

"...Sundance Film Festival's Texas connection continues this year with Laura Dunn's The Unforeseen, naughty Austin-shot Teeth, and former Austinite..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Become the Sky

"...Directed by: Laura Dunn. This documentary film by the local student Academy..."

April 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Your Weekend in Film

Nothing wrong with a little escapism

"...get.” 2.5 stars See Richard Whittaker's interview with filmmaker Laura Dunn...."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Related Events

"...panel discussion on art projects about Barton Springs with Laura Dunn, Karen Kocher, and Will Van Overbeek, followed by..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Feature

Renewable Resources

An interactive doc on Barton Springs seeks community involvement

"...them) have been well documented in films such as Laura Dunn's The Unforeseen. But movies, and especially documentary films,..."

June 29, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

Austin Studios gets an upgrade, plus the fall festival season begins

"...their indie horror film, The Home... If you preorder Laura Dunn's enviro doc The Unforeseen at streams.twobirdsfilm.com, she'll give..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Austin Film: The SXSW CliffsNotes version

"...fraternity-hazing memoir, Goat?... Did I mention that Austin documentarian Laura Dunn's enviro-film The Unforeseen won the Truer Than Fiction..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

The Top 10 things that had people talking in Austin film and TV this year

"...theatrical release by Maya Entertainment. Also making waves are Laura Dunn, whose Austin environmental epic, The Unforeseen, is up..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Festival huzzahs

"...the best feature made for less than $500,000, while Laura Dunn and her Austin environmental epic, The Unforeseen, is..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

I Found My Fill on BlackBerry Hill

At Sundance, a renewed "Focus on Film" amid celebrity worship and the frantic search for the next big thing

"...Again this year Austin filmmaking was well-represented at Sundance. Laura Dunn's documentary The Unforeseen (which will also screen at..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Observer to History at 50

The Texas Observer celebrates its 50th birthday

"...Stekler was on hand afterward, with fellow doc director Laura Dunn and film producer Elizabeth Avellan, in a panel..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Through a Student's Lens, Quirkily

Texas Documentary Tour presents "10 Under 10"

"...of a brain-fried video-game addict."Pretty as a Picture" D: Laura Dunn, Diane Zander. Enter the sinister world of female..."

May 9, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Short and Sweet

The Texas Documentary Tour showcases the work of three MFA students from the University of Texas' Radio-Television-Film Department, whose documentary program faculty member Paul Stekler calls, completely without bias of course, the "best in the country, bar none."

"...Pointing to recent student successes -- including Laura Dunn's Student Academy Award winner, "Green," about the consequences..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Short Cuts

St. Stephen's kids make movie, Northcross 6 set to close.

"...Ah, the folly of youth… Congrats to UT filmmaker Laura Dunn whose film Green has been nominated in the..."

May 11, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...as part of the McCollege Disinformation Tour, paired with Laura Dunn's equally biting The Subtext of a Yale Education...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

PBS Dips Into Barton Springs

'NOW' news magazine on the Gary Bradley development wars

"...to Austin this week. The topic is The Unforseen, Laura Dunn's lyrical, dreamlike doc about Gary Bradley's plans to..."

June 15, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

'The Unforeseen' Now Available on iTunes

You can now buy or rent Laura Dunn's Bartons Springs documentary

"...Laura Dunn's The Unforeseen has had a pretty spectacular run;..."

May 11, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

I Don't Feel at Home Wins Best Austin Film

Macon Blair's debut lauded by Austin Film Critics Association

"...However, that's just the tip of the iceberg of..."

Dec. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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